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Statement of the Committee. 



The undersigned Committee of Ten, appointed at a public 
meeting held in Shrewsbury town hall, April 25th, have considered 
the advantages of a street railroad from the Lower Village in 
Shrewsbury, to connect with the Worcester Consolidated Street 
Railway near the Union Station in Worcester. We are of the 
opinion that such a railroad is indispensable to the prosperity of 
Shrewsbury, and that as soon as built a full and fair trial should 
be made of the cars of the Union Electric Car Co., with the stor- 
age battery, similar to those now in successful operation between 
the towns of Beverly and Danvers. 

This railroad can only be built by concentrating all the means 
available for such a purpose by the town as a corporate body, 
by those friendly to the project living in Shrewsbury and else- 
where, and by those who may be induced to invest in such a pro- 
ject from sound business considerations. To concentrate all our 
forces we must make known to the outside world our needs and 
advantages, and take active means to attract the additional popu- 
lation necessary to give immediate, regular, and increasing patron- 
age to a railroad. 

Trusting to a proper spirit of co-operation among the citizens 
of Shrewsbury, the committee have voted to hold one or more 
public meetings, so that all the citizens may have every opportunity 
to inform themselves of the details of the work we hope to see 
accomplished possibly within the coming year. 

Herbert A. Maynard, Chairman. 
Charles O. Green, C. Myron Boutelle, 

Charles S. Davis, Hiram W. Loring, 

Dr. Franklin W. Brigham, Sumner Stockwell, 

Herbert A. Cook, S. Wyman Howe, 

""'Charles W. Felt, Secretary. 

Shrewsbury, Mass., Nov., 25, 1889. 



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SHREWSBURY 



AND THE LAKE. 



, jP^^^^^--s The greater part of Lake Quinsig- 
v^£^^^^^^^^^^-t^ ' amond lies within the limits of this 
town, and hereafter it will claim its share of this famous and beau- 
tiful sheet of water. We shall graciously allow and even welcome 
the good people of Worcester upon our side, but we wish to be 
remembered in all grateful acknowledgments for improved health 
and the enjoyment of recreation. We shall insist upon a slight, 
though to us very important addition to the name. We expect 
that hereafter all truly good newspapers will say "Lake Ouinsig- 
amond, Worcester and Shrewsbury." 

The lake, as a summer resort for a few hours, or weeks, or even 
months, has proved a great boon to those of moderate means, 
while the number of permanent residents upon its shores is steadily 
increasing, but the grand feature of the lake, in which Worcester 
and Shrewsbury are now beginning to share equally, is the summer 
camp for boys at Wigwam Hill, on the Worcester side, and the 
summer camp for girls at Tower Hill, on the Shrewsbury side, 
both being organized under the Worcester Natural History 
Society. 

This society has a great work in hand, and these camps are but 
branches of its work. Before many years we hope to see the 
society ensconced within a substantial building of its own and its 
museums and lecture rooms crowded to repletion with contribu- 
tions and persons from at least every town in Worcester County, 
adding materially to the educational force that is rapidly accumu- 
lating in the heart of the Commonwealth. 

The summer camp for boys, with the experience of five years, 
seems to be a happy organization of frolic and study sure to cap- 
tivate every true-hearted boy. and to fill him up with solid and 
useful ideas during the long summer vacation, when in the city so 



many boys find time hanging heavily upon their hands. The 
society has an estate of forty acres, so that ample room is pro- 
vided, and we trust the camp will be as permanent as the land 
ownership. 

The thought of ' ' camping out ' ' appeals strongly to the average 
boy, and the camp being at the side of a lake several miles long 
and within easy walking distance from a large city, it would seem 
as if the young men had all that heart could desire. Parents, too, 
need have no fears of exposure to temptation or danger of im- 
proper risks, for the thoughtful managers have provided at once 
the oversight of the family, the military camp, and the school, all 
combined, but tempered to meet the requirements of the vacation 
holiday. Short excursions are made on land and water. A work- 
shop was established two years ago. ' ' Emergency talks ' ' employ 
the camp physician and give the boys sound practical information. 
The commissary department is carefully organized, and ample and 
substantial board is given at a cost not exceeding the ordinary 
price of board in a private family. The boys are taught orderly 
personal habits ; punctuality and promptness are insisted upon in 
the few requirements necessary for the good of all. Swimming and 
the use of boats is taught, as well as a good deal of incidental 
natural history. Then gymnastics and military drill are a part of 
the system. This is not an institution especially for the children 
of the wealthy. None but the very poor will feel unable to enjoy 
the advantages of the camp at least for a week or two (applica- 
tions are received for a visit of but a few days), the test being a 
desire for improvement rather than the possession of a purse. 

Last year the Shrewsbury branch — for girls — was inaugurated 
under all the difficulties incident to newness, but it has been a 
marked success, and it will doubtless prove that the latest devel- 
opment is the best, and it should awaken the old residents of the 
town to the celebrity that awaits them in the newer features that 
may be added to their present history. The girls' camp will be a 
sort of "family camp." Instead of tents, cottages are substi- 
tuted, and the multiplication of these cottages will form a most 
interesting village that will call for larger buildings at a later date. 
The girls' camp has been formed at the suggestion of Thomas H. 
Dodge, Esq., a wealthy citizen of Worcester, who has been a 
liberal patron of the Natural History Society and the donor of the 
Dodge Pavilion, the permanent structure at the boys' camp. Mr. 
Dodge commenced last year by giving to the Natural History 



Society the free use of such portions of his Tower Hill grounds 
as may be desired, the same being opposite the Natural History 
Park, where the boys' camp is located. This year he has renewed 
the privilege, and it is understood is prepared to develop his plan 
as fast as the calls for the occupancy of cottages seem to warrant. 

Mr. Dodge is apparently proceeding with his educational work 
on the soundest methods, as, in his letter of January 22d, 1889, in 
which he made the first offer of the use of his land in Shrewsbury, 




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boys' camp of 1885. 

he quotes from Lord Armstrong that "a man's success in life 
depends incomparably more upon his capacities for useful action 
than upon his acquirements in knowledge." He urges "the 
proper and rational education of the young," and in his efforts 
for co-education on the banks of Lake Ouinsigamond bids fair to 
make an advance that will arrest the attention of educators the 
world over. We promise Mr. Dodge every effort on the part of 
the progressive men of Shrewsbury to help us realize his splendid 
conception. 



OUR LAKE ILLUSTRATIONS. 





r \A/^ are indebted for our lake 

' " illustrations to Horace H. 
Bigelow, Esq., proprietor of the 
Worcester and Shrewsbury (nar- 
row gauge) Railroad, and improve the occasion to 
thank him for his courtesy, which merits especial no- 
tice from the fact that we are compelled, by the ad- 
vance made in the use of electrical power for railroads 
within a few years, to consider plans which may seem 
hostile to his interests. We are persuaded, however, 
that there is no real hostility. The present winter 
furnishes an opportunity, as all railroad building must be sus- 
pended, for a most interesting study of all the facilities for im- 
proved communication between Shrewsbury and Worcester. It 
is not impossible that a plan may be found for harmonizing all the 
complications and rivalries which have delayed and embarassed 
the building of a road to Shrewsbury. 

The people of all New England will take a personal interest in 
Lake Ouinsigamond when Mr. Bigelow' s grand conception of a 
suspension bridge across the lake is realized, and the causeway 
entirely removed, leaving the lake as free from obstruction as it 
came from the hand of nature, excepting the bridge perhaps fifty 
feet above the water surface. It may be well to remind the reader 
that the lake was first crossed by a floating bridge (the depth of 
water being about sixty feet), opened in 1810 as a part of the Bos- 
ton and Worcester turnpike, and that the solid causeway was 
built only thirty years ago. There are undoubtedly some who 
are incredulous about the building of an expensive suspension 
bridge across Lake Quinsigamond but, on the other hand, within 
ten years such a bridge may be built and become the great avenue 
of eastern travel from Worcester. 



SHREWSBURY'S HISTORY. 




jN many towns historical matter is either very meagre, 
or the town's history is so completely merged with 
that of other towns sharing in common the glory of 
some great event, as to be devoid of individuality. 
But in the case of Shrewsbury we are compelled to give only a 
meagre outline because of the town's exceeding richness in histor- 
ical matter. The town was incorporated December 15th, 1727, 
and at that time ' ' farms ' ' ranged from five hundred to five thou- 
sand acres, while "house lots" measured from fifty acres "more 
or less," but usually more. Shrewsbury was settled by men from 
Marlboro, and the original division of the land grant makes in- 
structive reading as it takes us back to the time when the land was 
parcelled out and given away in New England. These and many 
later interesting points of history affecting the state and nation, and 
which cannot fail to attract attention wherever the English tongue is 
spoken, have been amply treated in a History of Shrewsbury by 
Andrew H. Ward, of West Newton, published in 1847, and in 
two Histories of Worcester County, the later one published last 
year containing a valuable history of Shrewsbury from the pen of 
William T. Harlow, Esq. , of Worcester. Then we have found 
Shrewsbury ladies who are indefatigable collectors of local mat- 
ter which we hope will be published within the coming year. This 
pamphlet is designed merely to give a bird's-eye view of a fine old 
New England town, with the purpose of showing the need of rail- 
road connection with Worcester, but we have been embarrassed 
by the discovery, or rather the presentation of matter that will 
make a very interesting book for the Christmas holidays, for read- 
ers all over the land, as well as those familiar with the locality. 
Trusting, therefore, that all this rich historical matter will be pre- 
sented within a reasonable time by some enterprising publisher in 
a more acceptable form, and by abler hands, we feel warranted for 
these reasons as well as for want of space, in referring our readers 
to the histories of Shrewsbury named, and another Shrewsbury 
Book which may be expected in the near future. 

We cannot, however, omit to call the attention of our readers 
to the two great historical characters of Shrewsbury. Dr. Joseph 



Sumner, was born in Pomfret, Conn., June 30, 1740, and died in 
Shrewsbury, December 9th, 1824, after a most remarkable pastor- 
ate of 62 years, covering the Revolutionary period. Dr. Sumner 
was the grandfather of George Sumner, Esq. , of Worcester, who 
still owns the parsonage, remodeled somewhat but still faithfully 
preserving the ancient characteristics. Another grandchild of Dr. 
Sumner, is still living in Shrewsbury, in the house adjoining the 
old parsonage, who maintains a lively interest in all that pertains 
to the past, while also watchful for the future welfare of the town. 
Dr. Sumner's career is in public matters indissolubly linked with 




SHREWSBURY TOWN HALL. 



the history of his distinguished parishioner, Gen. Artemas Ward, 
thirteen years his senior, and the great work in which they co-op- 
erated warrants and requires careful stud}'. Gen. Ward was the 
grandfather of the historian of the town. 

We give an illustration of Dr. Sumner's church, which was built 
in 1766, and remains substantially unaltered to the present day, 
although there was formerly an eastern portico. Gen. Ward was 
born in Shrewsbury, November 27th, 1727, and died October 
27th, 1800. He was emphatically a public man, holding many 
offices within the gift of the people or by appointment. His most 



prominent service was as Major General and Commander-in-Chief 
of the provincial troops of Massachusetts, assembled at Cambridge, 
under the orders of the Committee of Safety. It was from his 
command that the troops under Col. Prescott and others proceeded 
to Breed's Hill, though under orders to go to Bunker's Hill, on 




CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 

the night of June 16, 1775. It is well known that twice the 
attacking British troops were repulsed, and that it was only upon 
the third attack, under Sir Henry Clinton, that the provincial sol- 
diers were forced to retire ; Gen. Ward, it is said, was repeatedly 
urged to reinforce the body of troops on the hill, but steadily 
refused. It is recorded that after the battle Col. Prescott, who felt 



little confidence in the results of the work he had done that day, went 
to Gen. Ward and implored him to give him more troops that he 
might retrieve the disaster and disgrace of the day, as he deemed 
it. He could not see that for a hundred years, and indeed for all 
time, the American people would hold in the highest honor the 
valor which that day ended in defeat though not disgrace. It was 
a defeat which we can afford to celebrate ! Gen. Ward was severely 
criticised, but there can be no question that he was guided by the 
soundest judgment to decline to enter upon a task doubly attract- 
ive to him as a patriot and an intrepid soldier, but involving far 




too great a risk to the slender resources of the provincials, and 
which even if most successful, could serve but little purpose in a 
struggle which for the greater part was a systematic avoidance ot 
pitched battles. On the first of July, 1775, Washington, recendy 
elected by a unanimous vote Commander-in-Chief by the Provin- 
cial Congress, assumed command from the hands of Gen. Ward, 
under the historic elm at Cambridge, only fourteen days after the 
battle of Bunker Hill. The world looks at the great future then 
before Washington, but we can now see that great as were his 
difficulties, they would have been much greater had it not been 



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for the careful husbanding of the provincial strength due to the 
moral courage of Gen. Ward ; Gen. Ward said " No," at a trying 
moment, when undoubtedly he himself, as well as others, would 
have rejoiced could he have given assent. He showed then and 
there the same moral courage that Washington showed on two 
great occasions. When it was proposed to make Washington a 
king he said "No," and when it was proposed to make him 
president for the third term, Washington again said " No ; " and 




GEN. WARD'S MONUMENT. 

these two incidents show, perhaps, more than any others, the real 
grandeur of Washington's character, and it was the same spirit 
that actuated Gen. Artemas Ward in withholding reinforcements 
from Bunker Hill. 

The famous Shay's Rebellion and other historical matters have 
a close connection with Shrewsbury history, which the credit of 
the town requires should be fully stated, and we trust that all the 
later information now accessible will soon be thoroughly presented 
in enduring form. 




ISLAND HOUSE, LAKE QUINSIGAMOND. 



COMMON ROADS. 



The introduction of electric railroads tends to improve the con- 
dition of the common roads. It will make more traffic and the 
common roads will be used more, which will improve them if they 
are kept in proper repair. By improved methods it is possible to 
give us much better roads without increasing the cost. The re- 
cent remarkably open winter called our attention to this point, and 
we shall find an electric road useful in transporting gravel and 
other road material. If we team a load of gravel one or two miles 
the cost is heavy because it takes two horses and a man so long } 
but with a railroad a heavier load can be moved quicker and 
cheaper. 



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ELECTRIC POWER. 



What is electricity ? This is "what no fellah can find out." 
The nearest that any one ever came to it, was the college student who 
hadn't learned his lesson, and when asked this question, said he 
"did know, but had forgotten it." Unfortunately his memory 
has since failed. We class ourselves with the " know-nothings " 
on this point, but we propose to try the simplest first — the Storage 
Battery — but in doing this we take no sides with any of the con- 
tending forces in the mighty struggle that is going on for supremacy. 
We don't know, but we think the storage battery has a great future 
before it, and if this proves to be true, all who have storage bat- 
tery patents will bring out their systems. We have studied some- 
what relating to the contest between stationary power and 
locomotives just sixty years ago, in England, on the Liverpool 
and Manchester railway, when George Stephenson came out 
triumphant, and if we can aid in a similar contest regarding 
electric power, we are strongly disposed so to do. 

We have another reason for testing storage systems. Shrews- 
bury is well up in the world physically, if not financially, and the 
pure air, which in soft breezes is so soothing and agreeable to the 
invalid in the balmy months of July and August, comes with a 
power and frequency at other seasons, which may sometime teach 
us "there is money in it" — money in the east wind ! — money in a 
northeast storm ! 

We propose a few questions in arithmetic, which we admit call 
for some further data from experts, but we will dash them off free 
hand, thusly : No. i. If we can store power that will carry a car 
full of passengers weighing ten tons, forty miles, in batteries that 
can be carried under the seats of an ordinary street car, how large 
a building will be required to store power enough (providing a 
full supply for three days) to run a shoe factory three hundred 
feet long, sixty feet wide, and four stories high ? No. 2. How 
large a wind wheel will provide the power ? No. 3. What will it 
cost, and how will the first cost and cost of running compare with 
steam? Mr. Edison talks of using the power of the Atlantic 
waves. Why not use the power which causes the waves — the 
wind? 



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SHREWSBURY,; 



MASS. 



This House stands on higher ground than any other in the town, and 
a level placed on the roof sweeps the horizon above everything visible, 
from Gieeu Hill, in Worcester, around south to Wachusett Mountain, in 
Princeton. The elevated situation and pure air are much sought by 
invalids. The grounds are ample and well shaded, and the house has 
verandas front and rear. 

The location is very central, being near to the Post Office and churches, 
but yet sufficiently removed from the main road to avoid the dust and all 
inconvenience. 

The house has twenty-fire bed-rooms, the most of which can be con- 
nected in family suits. 

Stages run to the Worcester and Shrewsbury Railroad (narrow gauge), 
at Lake Quinsigamond, two and one-half miles, morning and night, and 
to Worcester, five miles, morning and noon. The table is well supplied 
with a large variety of fruits and vegetables, and milk, cream, and eggs, 
always fresh, and of our own production. Good accommodations are to 
be found for horses and carriages. There are many charming drives in 
this and the adjacent towns; the hills, valleys, lakes and streams being 
among the most attractive in New England. 

HIRAM W. LORING, 

Proprietor. 



SHREWSBURY AND WORCESTER 
ELECTRIC RAILWAY. 



The town of Shrewsbury, although surrounded with railroads, 
and being within a short distance from the tracks of five large cor- 
porations, viz., the Boston & Albany, Boston and Maine, New 
York and New England, the Fitchburg and Old Colony railroad 
companies, has not one inch of railroad within its borders. This 
defect has not existed without attempts to secure a remedy, and 
as early as 1873 a narrow gauge railroad was built from the Union 
Station in Worcester to Lake Ouinsigamond, the intention being 
to extend the same to Shrewsbury and ultimately to Northboro 
and Marlboro; but the business to the Lake has proved sufficient 
to make it a profitable enterprise, and the fact that even successful 
narrow gauge railroads in Massachusetts, like the Revere Beach 
railroad, have not been extended, may help us to account for the 
fact that Shrewsbury is still without railroad communication. 
Since that day several plans have been presented and have re- 
ceived the careful attention of Shrewsbury people, but no one of 
them seemed feasible till last winter a plan for an electric railroad 
was suggested to those residing in South Shrewsbury and the im- 
provement of the old Boston and Worcester turnpike was consid- 
ered. An appropriation of $1,000 was made by the town of 
Shrewsbury for reducing the hill on the turnpike nearest Worces- 
ter, but it was found to be wholly insufficient, and that the work 
must be postponed until large contributions from residents along 
the road, and appropriations from the county and city of Worces- 
ter as well as the co-operation of the town of Westboro with the 
town of Shrewsbury could be obtained. It thus became appar- 
ent that the only present feasible route was direct from the Lower 
Village in Shrewsbury to the Union Station in Worcester, with the 
best available facilities for the transportation of coal and other 
heavy freight by methods favorable to the southern portion of the 
town, as well as the central village and the north part of the town. 
As the electric street railway is likely to be the only, and in any 



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event for several years the chief means of communication with 
other towns, and between different portions of the town, especially 
when extensions become practicable, the originators consider it 
necessary to bear in mind the need of carrying freight, mails, ex- 
press matter and baggage as well as passengers. 

The present time seems propitious for urging this subject not 
only upon the citizens of Shrewsbury past and present, but upon 
the capitalists and tradesmen of Worcester and the inhabitants of 
adjoining towns, and with a proper presentation of the advantages 
of this town it is believed that new residents will be attracted and 
the projected railroad command the attention of those who are 
constantly seeking to invest capital in prosperous communities. 
The prime difficulty, heretofore, has been the hilly roads and the 
general conformation of the town which makes a steam railroad 
impossible except at a cost of from twenty thousand to fifty thou- 
sand dollars a mile, with a location remote from the inhabitants of 
the town. The same cause has made a horse railroad impracti- 
cable, because the hilly roads call for a four horse team or ' ' tow 
horses ' ' at almost the same expense, while the distance to Wor- 
cester (five and one-half miles), would make the time consumed 
too long for fair comparison with the facilities now enjoyed by many 
less favorably situated towns on more level ground. But it would 
seem as if Shrewsbury has not waited in vain. For more than 
fifty years inventors have experimented with electricity with a view 
of using it for propelling railway cars, and many years ago Con- 
gress made a large appropriation of money to aid a distinguished 
Massachusetts inventor in this line of effort, but it has been only 
during the past year or two that an indisputable, practical and 
enduring success has been reached in the form of using electricity 
as a means of conveying the power of a stationary steam engine 
(the most economical method of obtaining power), to a moving 
car. The electric cars are propelled up hill and down with the 
greatest speed and facility, at small cost, and under the most 
perfect control, and seem to be the thing the enterprising and 
successful farmers of Shrewsbury, with the ample Worcester mar- 
ket at their doors, have been so long waiting for, and so eagerly 
anticipating, to give them even greater facilities than are at pres- 
ent enjoyed by many prosperous towns.. 

The committee appointed last April have been constantly gather- 
ing facts, and have visited and inquired into the success of many 
street railways, built to connect towns and villages rather than to 



meet the demands of local travel in cities and large towns. A 
great impetus has been given to street railways, by the efforts of 
the managers of the West End Street Railway Company in Boston, 
to prove that elevated railroads are not necessary in that city. 
This, coupled with the fact that electric railroads, with the latest 
improvements, are being introduced as rapidly as possible in the 
chief cities of Europe and America, makes it a most favorable 
time for the town of Shrewsbury to "hook on" to the grand 
procession, and this winter we shall have the opportunity to thor- 
oughly consider all the points before it is possible to strike a single 
stroke in the spring. We have had many interviews with the 
directors and officials of the Worcester Consolidated Street Rail- 
way, and the President and Tieasurer have met our sub-committee 
in Shrewsbury. It is quite likely that electric cars will be running 
in Worcester next year, and in due time connection is likely to be 
made with the Shrewsbury Street Railway at Union Station. 

Another inspiring fact is to be found in the town of Marlboro, 
where the late Thomas Rice of Shrewsbury, made large invest- 
ment in real estate, in connection with Mr. Samuel Boyd. A real 
estate company has been formed, which led to the building of a 
street railway three miles long, wholly within the thickly settled 
portion of the town. A horse railway was contemplated and the 
tracks were laid last year, but the winter afforded an opportunity 
to consider the advantages of electric motors. Fortunately that 
method was decided upon and was put in operation last June, and 
has continued with marked success to the great satisfaction of the 
people. This railroad has been examined carefully by members 
of our committee, and its extension in the direction of Worcester 
seems quite likely. It may be that the time is not distant when 
street cars may be taken in the streets of Marlboro and the passen- 
gers leave them at any point on the streets of Worcester, or at any 
portion of the line through the intervening towns of Shrewsbury 
and Northboro, a considerable portion of the route being passed 
over at a speed of ten or even twenty miles an hour. For the 
present only the route from Shrewsbury to Worcester will be con- 
sidered, but the subject of extensions will be kept constantly in 
view, and in due time will include Boylston, Bolton, Westboro, 
Southboro, Hudson, and South Sudbury. 

Note. — A cut of the Storage Battery Car will be found in a 
Supplement which may be obtained free, early in January, at all 
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FOR SA12E. 
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The estate known as Crescent 
Farm, formerly the Capt. Silas 
Allen place. About fifty acres 
of land, situated on Crescent 
Avenue, one mile west of Shrewsbury Village, four 
miles from Worcester. The present owner being 
called away by business, will dispose of the above 
place, upon which for the past five years he has 
spared no expense required to render it all that can 
be desired in a country home. On high ground, fine 
air, fine view ; charming drives in every direction. Pure, soft, 
unfailing spring water running into the house. Beautiful shade 
trees and shrubbery. Lovely little pond on the premises, from 
which full supply of ice is obtained. House of colonial type in 
perfect order, charming and very conveniently arranged, contains 
twelve rooms, ample closets, and piazza 12x25 feet. Farmer's 
house annexed with six rooms, fine cellars under both. Ice house 
adjoining. Large new barn and carriage house with all modern 
conveniences, fine cellar, and ample water supply in barn. Hen 
house and duck house. Fruit trees of every kind, and the best 
varieties, all in bearing. Strawberry bed, asparagus bed. Grapes 
red, white and black, in abundance. Berries and small fruits oi 
every description in ample supply, and all in a high state of culti- 
vation. Land mostly in grass, cuts about seventy-five tons a 
year, all by machine ; kept twenty head oi stock the past year. 
A fine flock of Bucks County poultry. A complete outfit of farm 
vehicles, tools and machines ; a large part of last season's crops, 
and large quantity of household furniture and fittings go with the 
place if desired. Must be seen to be appreciated. Will be sold 
low if applied for soon. Terms easy. 

Call on or address, 

C. S. DAVIS, 



Crescent Farm, 



Shrewsbury, Mass. 



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NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



We do not wish to add another society to any over-organized 
town, but with so great a natural curiosity in the town as the 
Balance Rock, and the girls' camp at the Lake, would not a 
local Natural History Society, formed to hold a few winter meetings 
and summer rambles, to end in scientific picnics, be worth con- 
sidering? The Worcester Natural History Society, which em- 
braces the county, would doubtless handsomely encourage such a 
move as this. 




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Worcester, MAss: 



COMFORT. 



As soon as our Shrewsbury railroad is connected with the 
Albany road at Worcester ; with the Old Colony at Northboro ; 
the Fitchburg at Marlboro; and the Boston & Maine at South Sud- 
bury, tired passengers will be passing through the town. All this 
has been anticipated by Mr. A. H. Fisher, of Worcester, who has 
a car seat rest worthy of the attention of travellers. 



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SHREWSBURY'S RESIDENCES. 



Shrewsbury is a fine old town, with many stately residences, 
both of the past and in the most approved modern style. To 
these we shall endeavor to do ample justice in a future publication, 
containing a full list of all estates that can be considered ' ' in the 
market." Shrewsbury has a lively newspaper, a good public 
library, located in the town hall building, and excellent schools. 
It has three churches, Congregational, Methodist and Roman 
Catholic, and a Village Improvement Society, and other societies 
usually found in a highly cultivated community. A conspicuous 
adornment of the chief village is the soldiers' monument, near 
the town hall, between which and the Congregational Church are 
several rows of beautiful maples. The cemetery, in which stands 
the monument of Gen. Ward, has many fine trees neatly trimmed, 
and the grounds, kept in excellent order, are open to visitors. 

There are many trees along the roads, and order and neatness 
prevail. The most thickly settled portion of the town is from 
the centre village east for about half a mile to the leather dressing 
shop, which neighborhood is called the Lower Village, containing 
the comfortable residences of some forty families which derive 
their support from the leather business. 

The old Boston and Worcester turnpike passes through the 
town almost directly east from the causeway over Lake Ouinsig- 
amond, a little to the south of the geographical centre of the 
town. The town of Shrewsbury is the geographical centre of 
Massachusetts — the true "hub" — we do not claim of the uni- 
verse — but of New England ! Shrewsbury people should remem- 
ber the lines of Dr. Holmes, 

The stars are rolling in the sky. 

The earth rolls on below, 
And we can feel the rattling wheel 
Revolving as we go ! 

The centre lies between the main village and another village, 
which was rapidly growing up on the turnpike, till the opening 
of the Boston & Worcester (now Boston & Albany) railroad in 
1835, made staging unprofitable. This village is known as South 
Shrewsbury, and is very prettily situated on the hills over which 
the turnpike passes in an almost straight line. The many fine 
residences scattered over the town teach us that the real mission 
of Shrewsbury is to become a delightful suburb of Worcester. 



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THE UNION ELECTRIC CAR CO, 

The Ideal Method of Propelling Street Cars 

An Assured Success ! 

The Union Electric Car Company controls the most practical and eco- 
nomical system of propelling street cars by storage batteries. 

The cars convey their own power, are independent of all external appli- 
ances for the transmission of electricity, and having fully demonstrated 
their superiority over all other systems have now an extensive field in 
which to operate. 

The storage battery system will undoubtedly be generally adopted in 
place of the trolley system now in use, as the latter has been found to be 
dangerous to both life and property. 

The stock of the above company is being sold by Messrs. F. W. Pres- 
cott & Co., Bankers and Brokers, 54 Devonshire St., Boston, Mass., or 

CHARLES W. FELT, 

NORTHBORO, MASS. 

F. W. PRESCOTT & CO., 

Bankers * Brokers, 

54 DEVONSHIRE STREET, 

BOSTON, MASS. 



A general Banking and Brokerage Business transacted. Interest 
allowed on deposits subject to check. Orders executed for Cash or Mar- 
gin in Stocks and Bonds dealt in on the New York, Philadelphia, and Bos- 
ton Stock Exchanges. Customers can telegraph orders at our expense. 

electric ar\d Industrial Stocks 

R SPGCIflLTY. 

A limited amount of the Union Electric Car Company Stock offered at 
$25.00 per share, also the 6% Preferred Stock of the Eastern Electric Ca- 
ble Co. The above securities strongly recommended for the investment 
of funds. 



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BUSINESS IN SHREWSBURY. 



The chief business of the town is farming-, and we have many- 
successful farmers. The land is partly high and partly low, with 
much excellent soil and a fair proportion of level land, with com- 
paratively little meadow. There are many milk farms, and many 
devoted to fruit. The advantage of using glass both for beds and 




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green houses is fully appreciated, and either fruits, vegetables, 
or flowers are growing all through the year on a handsome scale. 
The lower village has been devoted to the leather business for a 
century, and it has been profitable. The present proprietor holds 
on, when he could doubtless do better elsewhere, trusting that 
better facilities for transportation will soon give him advantages 
equal to his competitors. The business of making welts has been 
established within a few years and is successful. In the lower 
portions of the town water power is used for saw and grist mills 



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In times past guns and cutlery have been manufactured in a limited 
way, but there is no good reason why some special manufactures 
should not be introduced on a scale sufficient to make a ' ' home 
market " for the farmers. 



FEVER— CONVULSIONS 



It is with these unwholesome terms that two Worcester dailies 
head long reports of the railroad meeting in Shrewsbury, Dec. 
1 2th. To our mind there is nothing but sound business in this 
railroad matter, and we take pleasure in quoting the following 
sensible remarks taken from the Gazette. 

" A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid," but the town of 
Shrewsbury is beginning to find out that a town built on a hill, 
though it cannot be hid, and has views of the surrounding country 
to a distance of 20 to 30 miles, is, in some respects, at a disad- 
vantage. Had Shrewsbury been built in a valley or on a plain, 
it would doubtless long ago have been connected with the great 
centres of business and population by railroad ; but it would not 
have its cool summer breezes and its beautiful views of surrounding 
municipalities and its excellent and growing reputation as a 
delightful place of summer residence. 

But, nevertheless, the residents of the beautiful old hill town are 
nearly, if not quite unanimous, in their desire for rapid transit to 
Worcester by rail, and if its inhabitants were men of wealth, 
liberally disposed, the problem would be easily solved. As it is, 
electric power has seemed to present a feasible means of securing 
the desired object, and since the meeting of April 25th, when a 
Committee of Ten was selected to look into the matter, has been 
the subject of earnest investigation with a view to immediate 
practical results. 




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THE THOMSON-HOUSTON 

Electric Railway System 

IN SIMPLICITY OF CONSTRUCTION AND ECONOMY OF OPERATION 



HAS NO EQUAL. 



ADOPTED BY THE 



Largest and Most Conservative Street Railways 

i:xr the xjnsriTEiD states. 



AMONG THEM THE 



WEST END STREET RAILWAY COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASS. 

The Largest System in the World, 

COMMERCIALLY AND PRACTICALLY A PERFECT SUCCESS. 

83 Roads in Operation and Under Contract 

DECEMBER 15, 1889. 
For circulars and information address, 

THE THOMSON-HOUSTON ELECTRIC CO., 

620 Atlantic Avenue, 

BOSTON, MASS. 



26 

Sea Sho re Cotta ge Lots. 

Every Family Should Ocun One. 

Improve the health of your wife and children next season and save doctors' bills. 

PRICE, $25, 

Or $5 down and $5 per month until paid for. Buy one. 
Next Summer Price will be $100. 

FineIGunning, 
, Boating, Fishing,!."??! 
and Bathing. 
Near Depot, 
Post Office, 
and Store. 

Size of Lots, 

2800 spare feet each 

Every Lot high and dry 
and title perfect. 

FITTEST BEACH I3ST MASSACHUSETTS. 

Circulars descriptive of the property on application, with testimonials from well-known 
business men, who have bought lots; also from the board of selectmen of the town where 
this property is located. 

CAPE COD BAY LAND COMPANY, 

230 Washington Street, BOSTON. 

J. P. DUNN and CHARLES W. FELT, Agents for WORCESTER 
and VICINITY. 

P. O. Address, Burnside Building, Room 9. Worcester,_Mass. 
Circulars sent on application. 




FOR INVESTMENT. — It is a well known fact, that lots which originally sold for a 
few dollars each, at Cottage City, Onset Bay, Mt. Desert and other Watering Places, now 
bring several hundred dollars. Our Beach cannot be excelled, And the Rise is Sure to 
Come. Even at 10 cents per foot our lots would bring about $300. 

PLEASE MENTION THIS PAMPHLET WHEN CALLING OR WRITING. 



Dr. W. H. SEARS. 



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45 Park Street, 



WORCESTER, 

MASS. 



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ACCOMMODATING RAILROAD OFFICIALS. 



A young lady was about to enter a train at the rear steps on a 
windy day, when her hat blew off, and the train started at the 
same moment. The hat must be caught at all hazards, for no 
one can travel without suitable head covering. The mishap was 
not noticed by the conductor, but the sharp-eyed baggage- master 
took in the situation, and promptly pulled the bell-cord, stopping 
the train in about ten rods. 

At a signal station two season-ticket holders, who are very reg- 
ular, failed to appear one morning in season to place the target, 
but the train-men saw one of them coming as the train went by at 
full speed. These accommodating mortals stopped the train, and 
backed up to the station notwithstanding it had passed through a 
cut and around a curve, out of sight of the belated passengers 
who were made so happy. At the same station two ladies ap- 
peared one day and placed the target just as the train was passing. 
Some of the vigilant train-men saw it, and evidently supposed that 
the engineer had neglected his duty. The train was stopped and 
backed, even after going a greater distance than in the previous 
case. It should be mentioned that these are trains of two cars only. 
It may be well to add that these incidents occurred on the Old 
Colony Railroad, the managers of which appear to study the wants 
of their patrons at their almost numberless small stations. 



GO WEST, YOUNG MAN 



Horace Greeley made an impression on the average American 
of which he little dreamed when he used the words " Go West." 
Grover Cleveland also, used the same words, but with a comma, 
between (Go, West) shortly before the election of 1888. Lord 
West, however, went directly east, knowing where " my lord " 
would fare the best. Express trains average thirty-one miles an 
hour from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and those who ride need to 
be careful and jump off in a "soft place," unless they desire to 
be dumped in one vast mass on the shore of the Pacific ocean. 



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Horace Greeley never suggested how far west he advised the 
young man to go, but we would suggest that those upon the sea- 
shore north and south of Boston will do well to try Worcester, 
which is growing faster than Boston, and the reason is that its sole 
reliance is upon railroads, while other places still indulge the fancy 
that water communication is essential to the growth of a great 
city. 

The growth of Worcester is really astonishing, and when the 
young giantess is put under systematic training, she will undoubt- 
edly make good her claim to be called the Inland Metropolis of 











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New England ! Worcester is beginning to overflow, although it 
has thirty-six square miles of territory, and some of the finest farms 
to be found anywhere. Its suburban towns are assuming impor- 
tance, and no one of them better deserves attention than Shrews- 
bury, which lies directly east, and is a beautiful farming town as 
well as an important suburb of a great and growing city. To 
Shrewsbury, then, we will go, but at the outset we are met by the 
stubborn, practical fact that as yet the town, although adjoining 
Worcester, has not within its borders a single mile of railroad ! 
Let us build an electric railroad, and show the world that Shrews- 
bury is abreast with the times ! 



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BRRNHRD, SUMNER & CO, 

The past two years have awakened us to the fact that Worcester was growing with great 
rapidity and that we were called upon to provide greater facilities. 

This has now been accomplished after six months of continued and tireless efforts and 
we have to-day a magnificent establishment five stories high, 165 feet deep, 75 feet wide, 
with every foot of space occupied by goods belonging to the realm of 

LEGITIMATE DRY GOODS. 

The first floor presents a beautiful and animated scene on any fair day when the life ot 
Worcester passes over its surface, stopping at each department to taste the delights ot 
lovely articles brought here for them from all the markets of the world. 

The Lace Department with double its former space has fitting accommodations tor the 
precious results of patient skill, and exhibits them to you under the very pleasantest con- 

The Woolen Underwear and Hosiery Deparment is simply superb in its accumulations 
of every good, every useful and every beautiful product that is fashioned for you. 

The DRESS GOODS Departments are as near perfect as long experience, earnest pur- 
pose and money can make them. •._„*„ 

In Silks no house pretends to excel our offerings. Our trade demands and our taste 
leads us to all that is best and most desirable, and with all this our relations with manufact- 
urers are such that we command the richest stocks at fairest price all the year round. 

On the third and fourth floors you will see one great maze of Carpets, culled irom the 
best and only the best made. , . ., .. . „ 

The ladies from out of town are cordially invited to visit us and inspect for themselves 
what we desire should be their shopping home. 

Ladies' rooms-facilities for caring for your packages-and all the comforts possible, we 
provide for you and to all which you are most welcome. -,.„,„, 

Write us for samples, or any information you may desire. Your letters will have our 

Pr We P have n a 1 department thoroughly organized to attend to all letters of inquiry, or for 
samples, or for the filling ot orders. We guarantee to please you. 

BARNARD, SUMNER & CO. 

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H. A. MAYNARD, 
Centre Store and Post Office, 

SHREWSBURY, MASS. 

Dealer in 

DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, 

Crockery, Medicines, 
RUBBER GOODS, TOYS, STATIONERY, FLOUR, GRAIN, 

Hard'ware, 

AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE. 



Agent for the 



Celebrated Cumberland Superphosphate. 



3Q 

S. B. BOUTELLE & SON, 

SHREWSBURY, MASS. 

Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots, Shoes, 

CROCKERY, PAINTS, OILS, PAPER HANGINGS, 
HARDWARE, FLOUR, GRAIN, FERTILIZERS. 

Usual Variety kept in a General Store. 

Tlie *** Old *** 3rL©lieLfc>:L©. 




T77"-<^.rjTE]X^ O. T7s7".A.^^:E]£T, Proprietor. 
Stage Leaves Shrewsbury for Worcester, 8.30 A. M., 1.30 P. M. 

Leaves Worcester, 24 Front Street, 10.30 A. M., 5.00 P. M. 
Commencing June 1st three additional trips will be made each way to the Worcester 
and Shrewsbury ft. R., narrow gauge, terminus at Lake Quinsigamond. 



TTTTT T1 T^T* "^"OXJ" buy goods that you see 

advertised in this pamphlet, please mention us. In advertising 

Shrewsbury it is important that our publication be known as a 

GOOD ADVERTISING MEDIUM. 



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REAL ESTATE. 



Wherever we go, a few miles from prosperous business centres, 
we find many who "want to sell." Within our manufacturing 
tOMms are many who would be much better off if they could be 
placed on the farms which the owners are anxious to leave. It is 
found easier to sell a run-out farm at alow price than to sell a good 
farm at a proportionately lower price. The maxim that ' ' the best 
is the cheapest" seems to be disregarded alike in purchasing real 
estate in the country, and the nursery stock which should be 
placed on the real estate now running to waste. These points 
need careful consideration, and the cardinal principal for 
all plans for occupying farms now for sale is that every choice 
spot should be improved for fruit till central Massachusetts is 
known far more than at present as a fruit-producing region. The 
fruit business and the real estate business, so far as the sale of farms 
is concerned, have many parts in common, and the dwellers in our 
populous towns may gain many useful hints by consulting the 
space we have devoted to a description of farms for sale. We are 
always ready to correspond with those desirous of purchasing farm 
property. 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 



We desire to thank the many friends who have loaned photo- 
graphs or engravings for this pamphlet, especially Messrs. F. S. 
Blanchard & Co., 154 Front St., for the views at the Lake. Mr. 
Pollard of the Engraving Company has favored us with many 
valuable suggestions, and to a pupil in the Worcester High School, 
a skillful amateur, we are indebted for photographs made at 
Shrewsbury. The printing speaks for itself, but the patience of 
the foreman and compositors in deciphering bad copy occasioned 
in part by the present difficulties of travel from Worcester to the 
eastern borders of the county deserve grateful mention. 



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STAVELEY FARM NURSERY, 

Northboro, Mass. 

RUSSIAN 
APRICOT 

TREES. 

Perfectly hardy and healthy. Insects do 
not attack them. Admirable substitute for 
the Peach. 

Charles W. Felt. 

E. W. KIMOWLTOIM, 

Shrewsbury, mass. 

Dealer iu 

Beef, Pork, Mutton, Lamb, Poultry, 

HAM, SAUSAGES, LARD, 
Tripe, Pigs' Feet, Canned Goods, &c. 

Also, Vegetables of all kinds in their 
season. 

Goods delivered promptly free of expense 




SUPPLEMENT 

To "The Town of Shrewsbury, its Location, Advantages and Attractions as a place of 
Residence and for Business. Illustrated, Price Ten Cents. Published by the Bailroad Com- 
mittee, 1890." Supplement gratis. 



LAKE VIEW, 

' LAKE QUINSIGAMOND, 

AND VICINITY. 




Seventeen years ago the pro- 
ject of building a Railroad to the 
shore of Lake Quinsigamond and Shrewsbury was 
carried out as far as the Lake. The Shrewsbury end 
was abandoned on account of the want 
of necessary interest and lack of funds. 
At that time there was not a house at 
Lake View, only one or two at Bloom- 
ingdale, and no others near enough to 
in any way aid a railroad. At first the railroad started with small 
cars, about the size of tram-cars, and in consequence about six 
thousand dollars was practically thrown away in experimenting ; 
as to carry the small cars full was not a paying investment. About 
twelve round trips were made daily. Building started in every 
direction and has continued very rapidly up to the present time. 
Three years ago city water and hydrants were introduced in both 
of the villages (Lake View and Bloomingdale), and in the last 
three years Lake View has increased nearly sixty houses, Bloom- 
ingdale sixteen or eighteen, and Draper's Station and Putnam 
Lane Station fifteen. Business has grown on the line of the rail- 
road and now eighteen round trips daily are made to the Lake in 
winter and twenty-two regular in summer, and about every day 
four to six extras. Early trains carry all to their work, and the 
last train at night leaves the city at n.oo o'clock P. M., thus 
giving the residents much better accommodations than any 
other suburb around Worcester. The present equipment of the 
railroad is four locomotives, two fifteen tons, two thirty tons, also 
eight cars. The capacity of the railroad is about two thousand 
people per hour. Lake View has the advantage of a south and 



east aspect and is, therefore, from two to four degrees warmer 
than in the city. The wind is broken by a large hill at the west. 
A post office with three daily mails, two stores, church, good 
schools and play grounds, Lake Park and Tower are all at Lake 
View, besides many boat-club grounds and summer cottages. In 
summer a full military band gives concerts every afternoon and 
evening, and fireworks and many other attractions are given to 
the people gratis. A building association has just been formed, 
and they have at the present time thirteen houses under way for 
the spring, and many more in contemplation. A visit to Lake 
Quinsigamond and Lake View will convince any one of its advan- 
tages as a place for a home. The railroad has also been a great 
help to Shrewsbury. All along on the shore of the lake south of 
the causeway are nice residences and club houses, which do a 
great deal to help the treasury of the town. 



MARLBORO AND WESTBORO. 



Many believe that an electric street railway connecting with Mr. 
Boyd's Marlboro line at the Y, and taking the most direct route 
parallel with the Old Colony road to Fisher's milk station, thence 
by Gilmore's brick yard directly to the centre of Westboro, could 
be made to pay. The total distance would be only about five 
miles, and the line could be built at very moderate cost. Such 
a road could easily be equipped for freight as well as passenger 
business, and mail and express matter could be handled without 
difficulty. 

The track would follow the most direct highway between the 
two towns. For a mile or two it would be along the edge, and 
within the town limits of Southboro. At the nearest points loops 
could be run to right and left from the main track to connect with 
Southboro Centre, Northboro Centre, Insane Asylum, Lyman 
School and Chauncy picnic grounds. In due time the road would 
be continued through Woodville to Hopkinton. 

This would make a most delightful series of pleasure rides, as well 
as aid much in advancing the business interests of all these sections. 
At the outset, of course, few cars would be run per day, but in a 
few years the whole line of track would be developed by bringing 
many building lots into occupancy. Every real estate owner along 
the line could afford to subscribe liberally for building such a line, 
because it would increase all values and would in effect move all 
contiguous farms within a few minutes of the four town centres 
of Marlboro, Westboro, Northboro and Southboro. — Marlboro 
Mirror. 



3 

THE STORAGE BATTERY. 



It is now just sixty years since the question came up in England 
when railroads were being introduced, whether locomotives or 
power derived from stationary engines should be preferred. At 
that time the locomotive engine had been experimented with in a 
small way for fifteen or twenty years, but the possible use of steam 
for land transportation had been much longer considered. In 
1829 the Manchester and Liverpool railway was built, and a prize 
was offered by the directors for a locomotive that would fulfill cer- 
tain necessary conditions as to cost, speed, duty, etc. The 
experts of that time were disposed to favor some one of several 
methods suggested for employing stationary power. George 
Stephenson was one of the competitors for the prize, and having 
tubes in his engine boiler, while his competitors did not, he was 
able to fulfill the conditions, and the use of the locomotive rapidly 
spread over Europe, but much more rapidly over the United 
States. 

Electricity has been on trial in an experimental way as a means 
of transportation for more than fifty years, and at this moment the 
practical question is, is it best for a car to convey the source of 
power within itself for a certain number of miles, or have power 
supplied by connections with an overhead or underground wire? 
Is it best that the child should go alone or be led by leading strings? 
The comparison will ultimately reach this point, though the state- 
ment of it in this form seems possibly too strong as judged by the 
experiences of the past few years- It seems hardly possible that 
the storage battery car can as completely supersede those requir- 
ing connection by wire as the locomotive in 1829 superseded all 
the methods proposed for employing stationary power, and yet it 
may do so. 

We are able, however, to see that, while cities may find an advan- 
tage in the use of overhead wires at present, the country towns 
have many reasons for favoring the storage battery. Like all 
other practical questions it must be worked out practically. There 
is ample opportunity for a trial of both systems, and the storage 
battery car has this one great obvious advantage — it can run under 
the overhead wire without making connection, but cars depending 
on the overhead or underground wire can only go where the 
proper wire is supplied. In other words the storage battery car 
starts off at once on any street railway track while no other electric 
car can do so. The storage battery car appears just like any 
street car without horses. The power is under the seats and the 
motor under the floor. It will be first adopted for extensions, 
and soon will pass over the tracks of the city street railways and 
seems likely to make its way as time and a few simple improve- 
ments produce its complete practical development. — Westboro 
Chro7iotype. 



4 

AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES. 



These institutions are worthy of all the encouragement we can 
offer them, but we do well to remember that they have been 
organized under an act of Congress of 1862, for teaching "such 
branches of learning as are related to agricultural and the mechan- 
ics arts in order to promote the liberal and practical 

education of the industrial classes." The intention, certainly, was 
to give equal prominence to the mechanical and agricultural indus- 
tries in the great work of diffusing more generally the blessings of 
"liberal and practical" education. Out of Massachusetts, this idea 
has been taken up in earnest. There are 46 of these institutions 
in the country, including the Hampton Normal and Industrial 
Institute of Virginia for the Indians. Only ten of these are styled 
simply agricultural institutions, as in Massachusetts. Eighteen oi 
them have the word "Industrial" or"Mechanical" in their names, 
while fifteen imply that others than agriculturists are included 
within the scope of the institution. Georgia, which has five such 
colleges, includes the word "Military" in one case. Mississippi, 
South Carolina, and Virginia have each two institutions. 

It is true that in Massachusetts the Institute of Technology is 
mentioned as answering the call for mechanical training, but that 
will not do. Massachusetts farmers are not commonly considered 
an enterprising class; in this case, however, they have the advant- 
age over the carpenter, painter, mason, machinist, shoemaker, 
tailor and hatter in the fact that the farmers' sons get a fair college 
education that more than makes up for the deficiencies, or the 
absence of town high schools, while mechanics' sons are only 
offered the facilities of a high-grade, "toney" Boston scientific 
institution, with high expenses, and neither time or opportunity 
for earning money as at the agricultural colleges. We do not 
question that the Institute of Technology is fairly entitled to its 
share of the appropriations, but the farmer's son can earn money 
enough by the time he is eighteen years of a?e, to give him a 
start, and then he can earn or borrow enough, if he is of the true 
mettle, to keen him four vears at Amherst, and give him a good 
education. The mechanics' sons in our various manufacturing 
centres need to be told that they have the same opportunities ; and 
also to be reminded that they have been very much more back- 
ward in coming forward to improve their opportunities, than their 
"greenhorn" country cousins. We trust our town youth will 
wake up to the advantages of these popular colleges, and crowd 
them till they rival Harvard or Yale. Massachusetts provides a 
Labor Fund to aid deserving students — both farmers' and mechan- 
ics' sons. We believe in co-education, and hope that farmers' 
and mechanics' daughters will obtain a "liberal and practical" 
education at Amherst, as well as at the Normal Schools. 

We desire to see thrifty management of the farms connected 
with all these institutions. If farming can be made to pay any- 



where it should be upon these farms, for they have every appliance 
which capital can furnish. We are ready to make due allowance 
for the fact that much of the work must be of an experimental 
character, but we must urge that the line be carefully^ drawn 
between that which is merely experimental, and that which is up to 
the standard of the best farming. If, for instance, hay is sold, 
which we presume is seldom done, it should command the highest 
market price, because presumably the best. But in the line of 
nursery stock, nearly all will be of an experimental character, and 
of course, will not command the full market price. In case, how- 
ever, any standard varieties are propagated that will equal that 
produced by experienced nurserymen, the institutions should have 
the advantage of full prices. We have some knowledge of attempts 
to "sponge" these institutions which the public should frown upon. 




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This cut shows how the armature shaft-pinion of an electric 
street car motor was worn away in four months at a speed of 900 
revolutions a minute. See Scientific American, July 13, 1889. 
"The short life of the gear is the weakest point in electnc 
traction " (Mr. Harris, engineer Brooklyn Street Railway.) 
The Union Electric Car Co. gears run in oil and last indefinitely, 



SYSTEM OF UNION ELECTRIC CAR COMPANY. 

18 P. 0. Square, Boston, Mass., as shown by the Equipment of 

the Beverly and Danvers St. Ry. Co., Bever.y, Mass. 



The weight of the cars, with batteries ready for service, is about 
six tons, or the same as those of the overhead system on the West 
End Road in Boston. Each car has two sets of batteries, which 
enable it to do eighty miles of service — forty to each charge. The 
batteries are charged on the tables in the car house, and these 
tables being on the same level as the car floor, the batteries are 
easily removed from one to the other. It takes a 30 horse power 
electrical and mechanical plant to charge the double set of batter- 
ies for six cars, from which it would appear that the system "takes 
only a fraction of the power required by the present overhead lines. 




ELECTRIC CAR SHOWING STORAGE BATTERIES. 

The difference of power is largely accounted for in the gears, as 
the open gears of the overhead system, being exposed to dust and 
dirt.grind out in from two to four months, the loss of power in grind- 
ing up the steel being what costs. The Union Electric Car Co. 's 
gears run in oil and last indefinitely; two years' use having shown 
no material depreciation. Another important point to which this 
company lays a claim is that they charge back into the batteries 
or line when slowing, stopping or going down hill. The car being 
controlled entirely by the electric switch, no hand break being 
used, the saving on this road exceeding ten per cent, of the whole 
power expended. As each car is self-contained and independent, 
any one car breaking down only affects that car. This system is 
certain in all its action, and a car equipped with it has run in the 
heaviest snows. One car alone has taken care of five inches of 



snow before the plow was pul on. The Union Electric Car Co. 
claim that a ride over the Beverly road will convince the most 
skeptical that the system works in every way and does all that is 
claimed for it, and that while it has always been said that the stor- 
age battery was the ideal system, but would not work, that it now 
does work any one can see. They say the cost can also be 
shown to be what it is claimed, and they invite inspection. 




CHARGING TABLES. 



THE UNION ELECTRIC CAR CO. 



The electrical development of this country is something wonder- 
ful. Every week brings new surprises to benefit and bless human- 
ity. Enormous fortunes have already been made by investors in 
electrical inventions. 

Among the most recent developments to which our attention 
has been called is the rapid transit street car electric system, as 
perfected by the above company. 

A street railway has just been completed from Beverly to Dan- 
vers Port, three miles. Hon. John I. Baker is the president of 
this local company. The rails follow the natural surface of the 
highway, which is very uneven, climbing over many hills, in some 



cases with 8 per cent, grade.* Indeed, r the grade is so steep in 
spots thatjone pair of horses'could, hardly haul a single car. 

With'this difficult problem, the Union Electric Car Co. took 
the contract to furnish the most economical motive power that has 
yet been discovered. The road is now in successful operation. 
The cars, owing to the grades, could not be operated by horses 
without an average cost per mile, per car, of from 15 to 20 cents. 
This is for power alone. By the overhead electric system, this 
cost might be reduced to 10 cents per mile. By the Union 
Electric Car storage system it costs but 5 cents per mile. 

We had the pleasure recently of going over this line with a 
party of experienced electricians. From all we had been able to 
gather, we went there greatly prejudiced against the storage sys- 
tem. A practical test convinced us that this company has success- 
fully solved a very difficult problem. 

A street railway can be equipped at much less expense by this 
system, we feel confident, than by any other. All cost of over- 
head construction, and the wiring of the tracks is avoided. Much 
money is saved in the steam and dynamo equipment. The con- 
ductor and driver change the batteries when necessary, at very 
short notice. — Marlboro Mirror. 



GRADE CROSSINGS. 



If there was danger that a highwayman would jump out of the 
thicket as we pass along, to rob or murder us ; if there was dan- 
ger that a cannon would belch forth its contents upon us ; or, if it 
were likely that a wild animal would spring upon us, like the tiger 
from the jungles in India, a sufficient remedy would be promptly 
found, but for the similar and more terrible evil of possible death 
at the grade crossings of common roads by railroads, no one seems 
to be very active in our country towns. It is true that in the worst 
cases a watchman is provided, and usually gates are provided also. 
But no vigilance can provide for all contingencies, and many acci- 
dents have happened when gates have been provided, and even 
gate-tenders have been killed, while numerous narrow escapes at 
the best protected crossings are upon record. Look both ways 
whenever you cross a steam railroad at grade ! 

Every such crossing, so far as is possible, should be abolished. 
Sometimes two crossings can be united. It is usually cheaper to 
cross over or under the railroad than to maintain gates or flagmen. 
But the outlay of money in the first case is a considerable sum, 
while in the second it is a continual expense, usually much more 
than the interest on the large outlay. In the vicinity of cities very 
large sums are necessary — sometimes a million of dollars — to 
change the grade of a single street. In the country towns it is 
frequently easy to make the change for a small sum, and every 
such opportunity should be improved in season. Towns can hire 



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money at three or four per cent, interest, and they should liberally 
aid the railroads, which in turn can furnish better accommodation 
in proportion as they are freed from obstructions, and grade- 
crossings are most serious obstructions, as locomotive engineers 
well know. 

It is understood that railroad men desire the complete abolition 
of grade-crossings, as such crossings really dispute their "right 
of way, ' ' and farmers who have been struck by trains want all 
grade-crossings abolished. Last winter a whole school on a sleigh- 
ride barely escaped destruction. Crossing over or under the rail- 
roads is the only safe method, for there are extra trains which no 
human vigilance can provide for, and the flagmen or gatemen fre- 
quently are not on duty nights and Sundays ; then it is customary 
to give more attention at the crossings to passenger than to other 
trains, while one is as deadly as the other to the farmer who may 
be struck by them. 



RAILROAD HOGS. 



We recently noticed a train-load of hogs passing over the Albany 
railroad, to be slaughtered at the large establishments of John P. 
Squire or Charles H. North at East Cambridge. But we allude 
to another kind of railroad hogs. A passenger went to a station on 
one of the five great railway systems of New England, which have 
stations within a few miles of Shrewsbury, to take the 9.30 P. M. 
train. The train had been taken off, and there was no train till 
12.01 A. M. The passenger was known, or could easily have 
made himself known to the station master. There was abundant 
evidence that he was not a tramp. He was told that if he waited 
he " must stay outside — we don't keep open all night." There 
was a fire in the waiting room ; the station master's family lived 
in the station, and he had to be up when the train arrived, and 
seems to have been wholly without excuse. It would be easy to 
call upon the railroad authorities to slaughter such hogs, but fre- 
quently men, otherwise efficient, show these weak points, and we 
desire rather that these officials, " blest with a little brief author- 
ity," wrestle with themselves, that they may finally slaughter their 
own hoggishness and treat delayed passengers decently. A sec- 
tion boss last year dug a trench about six inches deep across the 
pathway from a signal station to the town road, and proposed to 
leave it without covering, although it was necessary to use the 
path after dark, and sometimes when trains were moving on the 
track near by. A passenger pointed out the difficulty in a pleas- 
ant way, and the section boss acknowledged his mistake by filling 
the trench, but he said to the passenger : "If you will mind your 
business I will mind mine." This year another section boss has 
again dug the trench and neatly covered it. 



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IN SHREWSBURY. 

The Farm contains 130 acres, suitably divided into Mowing, Tillage and Pasture, 
with plenty of wood for fire, two-story house with L, new barn with two floors, hay all 
taken in on upper floor, will keep 40 head of stock this winter and have hay to spare. 
This is one of the best watered farms in Worcester County. The farm is in a good 
state of cultivation, cut the last season 80 to 90 tons of hay. Running water at house 
and barn, a grist mill is on the place in good running order, an ice house at the pond 
which supplies the town with ice. Come and see It. 
For further particulars inquire of 

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STAVELEY FARM NURSERY, 

NORTHBOROUGH, MASS., 

Combines the Advantages of a Local Nursery, where Choice 

Varieties of Fruits and Flowers can be seen growing in their 

season, with one of the largest nurseries in the country, 

for which the proprietor is the local agent. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



YELLOW TRANSPARENT APPLE. The largest early apple known. The 
handsomest early apple known. The best flavored early apple known. The earliest ripen- 
ing apple known. The best shipping' earlv apple known. The trees are the hardiest, the 
most proline, and the youngest bearing of anv apple known. SUTTON BEAUl'V 
APPLE, the pride of Massachusetts. McINTOSlI RED APPLE, (might be called 
"The Improved Kameuse." LONGK1ELD, a new and valuable hardy Russian winter 
apple. M1LDING APPLE; a lovely apple. 

RUSSIAN APRICO IS, a substitute for the Peach; but a case where the substitute is 
better than the original. The trees are unqualifiedly hardy, while the fruit is delicious. 
For eating from the hand or preserv ing, it is of exceeding rienness. For the market it is 
of extraordinary value. Neither the Trees nor the Fruit are ever troubled by Insects or 
Disease of any ki id. The American varieties of Apricots are loo tender for New England. 
The Kussi in sorts were first introduced into the United States a few years ago in the 
Northwest, where they proved h;irdy and every way disirable. The fruit is not surpassed 
in flavor and beauty by any fruit that can be grown in the temperate zone. Those who are 
the first to plant largely of the Russian apricots will be wise and will surely reap their 
proper reward— in cash. Our stock is KUUDED; that offered by some firms is simply 
seedlings, grown from pits planted in the open ground and allowtd to remain until the tree 
is large enough to de.iver. Stock grown from pits may produce good fruit, but sel- 
dom does, — no man can tell just what the fruit will be until it bears. When delivered the 
trees will be one year old from the bud and about three feet in height. They, usually begin 
bearing the second year after transplanting, and produce heavy annual crops. There are 
several varieties of the Russian apricots, the best of wnich are described in our catalogue 
There is less difference in the various varieties, however, than is common with other fruits. 



THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST. 

West Wareham, Mass.. Nov. 26, 1888. 
"My Russian apricot has borne three seasons. Last season it ripened about half a bushel. 
My family esteem it above every fruit in the orchard." EDSON BLAKE. 

Preston, Conn. 
Hugh King says:— "The Russian apricots I had of you bore some the second year, and 
the trees were loaded the third year. The fruit is magnificent. No insects or anything of the 
sort trouble them." 

Lowell, Mass. 
Mrs. Edwin Lamson, 133 Wilder St., says: — "My Russian apricots have grown rapidly 
and are now in bearing. The fruit is equal to the finest peach. As yet no insects have 
troubled them." 

Antrim, N. H., Oct. 21, 1887, 
"I see no reason why the Russian apricot will l.ot be a fine fruit to raise. My trees have 
fruited. My fruit looks like the peach, but in flavor resembles the plum— very fine." 

C. F. HOLT. 
100 Wilder St., Lowell, Mass., May 3, 1888. 
"We esteem the Russian apricot fruit very highly. They are of medium size, and 
delicious flavor. My tree has borne but once." MRS. C G. BUTTERICK. 

FRANCESTOWN, N. H., Oct. 27, 1887. 
"My Russian apricot tree is about 15 feet high. It is four years old. The fruit is line. 
I think it will be profitable to raise. 1 should advise every one to try it." 

P. L. CLARK, (Postmaster). 



LAWSON OR COMET PEAR. WINDSOR (Canadian), and OSTHEIME 
(Russian), CHERRIES. The Windsor is the best sweet black cherry grown. The 
Ostheimewas brought to this country some years since, and its hardiness has been thor- 
oughly tested and proven in even the Arctic climate of Minnesota. EXTRA FINE 
PLUMS. Plant plum trees where the fowls can run about them, and you will be surprised 
because of the abundance of fruit tney will produce. If you have a hen-yard, by all means 
plant plum trees in it. By so doing you will lose no ground, the trees will make shade, 
and the fowls will destroy all insects, thereby insuring a fine crop of fruit annually. 



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PRTNCE'S YELLOW GAGE. PRINCE ENGLEBERT. UNION PURPLE. 
SHIPPER'S PRIDE. MIDDLEBURG. STANTON. The time of ripening of these 
six sorts covers the entire season, from the first of August until the middle of October. 

PEACHES. APRICOTS. NECTARINES. QUINCES. 

THE GENEVA, a new pedigree White Grape. There are already several good 
white grapes, and we should not introduce a new sort if we did not believe that we had 
secured a variety combining more good points than anv white grape now known. With 
many varieties of fruits, appearance has been considered rather than quality, but in the 
Geneva we have the happv combination of good quality and great beauty. WOIfDEN 
GRAPE. Perhaps perfection in a black grap<- is not attained by the Worden, but cenainly 
up to the present writing- it is the best black grape for out door cultivation grown. QUERN 
CURRANT. The wonderfully productive new French Currant. GOOSEBERRIES. 
WACHUSETTS THORNI.ESS BLACKBERRY. We claim that the Wachusetts 
Thornless combines more valuable points than any blackberry ever offered for sale. 
GOLDEN QUEEN RASPBERRY. A large, handsome, productive, fine -flavored, 
HARDY yellow raspberry. What more could be asked for? 

ASPARAGUS. RHUBARB. 



ORNAMENTAL DEPARTMENT. 



UPRIGHT ORNAMENTAL TREES, (those varieties which do not retain theit 
foliage during the winter.) WEEPING ORNAMENTAL TREKS. EVERGREEN 
TREES. EVERGREEN SHRURS. HARDY FLOWERING SHRUBS. HARDY 
CLIMBING VINES. CLEMATIS. ROSES. HARDY PLANTS, BULBS, ETC., 
for either spring 01 fall seting, and every variety of NURSERY STOt K. 

TRANSPLANTING AND AFTER CULTURE is the title of our sixteen-page 
pamphlet, giving directions for the transplanting and proper care of fruits and ornamentals. 
It is practical in everv department, and we believe it to be the most complete work of the 
kind ever published fur free distribution Every cust mer is entitled to a copy free, 
and others cm secure it by sending a two-cent stamp to pay postage. 

As Strawberry Plants do not bear transportation for long distances, we shall do a 
strictly local trade in a few choice vat ictus. 

A few Dewberry Plants from a local grower who claims marked success, are offered 
to those who wish to experiment. 

Those who wish to compare notes in practical horticulture for profit will always find 
the latch-string out. 



CHARLES W. FELT, 



Staveley Farm, 



Northborough, Mass., U. S. A. 



H.A.MITCHELL, R.E.ALLEN, 

31 flPKSM TH Civil Engineer s Surveyor, 



FIRST-CLASS 



SHREWSBURY, MASS. 



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Custom Work Made to Order. 

SHREWSBURY, .*. MASS. 



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SAMUEL B. NOYES, 

shoe 3vr_ j^. ik: dej ifu 

Cor. Wesleyan and Grafton Sts., SHREWSBURY, MASS. 

Fine'Repairing Neatly and Promptly Performed to Order. 



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fforcester Consolidated St. R. R. Co, 



MAIN STREET SOUTH. 



Color of Light, Red. 
m., then every 15 minutes 



Car Color, Straw. 

Leave Perkins St. 7.27 
ntill0.42p. m. 

Leave Li ncroln Sq. for Webster Sq. 6.55 a. m.; then 
,10 and every 7 minutes until 10.33 a. m.; then every 15 
tinutes until 11.48 a. m.; then every 7 minutes until 
.05, then every 15 minutes until 10.48 p. m. 

Leave Market St. 6.20 a, m, and every 7 minutes till 
.05 a. m. 

Leave Front Street, South, 6.25, a. m.; then every 1\ 
liuutes until 10.39 a. m. ; then every 15 minutes until 
1.54 a m., then every 1\ minutes until 8.11 p. m., then 
very 15 minutes until 11.10 p. m. 

MAIN STREET NORTH. 

Leave Webster Square 6.05, 6.20 a. m. ; then every 7| 
ainutes until 11.05 a. m. ; then every 15 minutes until 
2.27 p. m. ; then every 1\ minutes until 8.05 p. m. ; then 
very 15 minutes until 10.50 p. m. 

Leave Grand St. 6.15, 6.30 a m. ; then every 7\ min- 
ites until 11.15 a. m. ; then every 15 minutes until 12.37 
i. m.; then every 7^ minutes until 8.15 p. m.; then every 
.5 minutes until 11,00 p. m. 

Leave Front Street, North, 6.29, 6.44 a. m.; then 
svery 1\ minutes until 11.29 a. m. ; then every 15 minutes 
intil 12.44 p. m., then every 1\ minutes until 9.14 p. m. ; 
;hen every 15 minutes until 11.14 p. m. 

ADAMS SQUARE. 



Going South— Leave Adams Square 7.23, 7.53, 
3.23,8.53,9.23,9.53, 10.23, 10.53, 11.23, 11.53 a. m.; 
12.23, 12.38, 12.53, 1.23, 1.53, 2 23, 2.53, 3.23, 3.53, 4.23, 
1.53, 5 23, 6.08, 6.23, 6.38, 6.53, 7.23, 7.53, 8.23, 8.53, 
9.23, 9.53, 10.23 p. m. 

Going North— Leave Front St. 6.59, 7.29, 7.59 
8.29,8.59,9.29,9.59,10.29,10.59, 11.29, 11.59. a. m.; 
12.14, 12.29, 12.59, 1.29, 1.59, 2.29, 2.59, 3.29,3.59, 4.29, 
4 59, 5.29, 5.59, 6.14. 6.29, 6.59, 7.29, 7.59, 8.29, 8.59, 
9.29, 9.59, 10.44 p. m. 

Sunday Time. — Leave New Worcester for Adams Sq. 
at 9.20 a. m., and every half hour until 9.05 p. m., pass- 
ing City Hall 2 16 minutes of the hour and 14 minutes 
past the hour. 

Returning leave Adams Sq. at 10.06 a. m., then every 
half hour till 9.51 p. m. 



UNION STATION.-North End. 

Car Color, Blue Plaid. Color of Light, Red and White 
Car leaves Adams Square at 6.30 a. m. for Depot. 
Leave Lincoln Square 6.15, 6.40, 7.10, 7.33, 7.45, 8.28 
8.40, 9.10, 9.33, 9.55,10.37, 10.55, 11.25 ,11.40, 11.55,a. m. 
1.05, 2.00, 2.10, 2.55, 3.13, 3.40, 3.58, 4.25, 5.13, 5.43 
6.45, 7.03, 8.03, 8.40 p. m. Returning, leave Unio: 
Station 6.37* 6.55, 7.25, 7.50, 8.03, 8.40, 8.45, 9.30, 9.5( 
10.14, 11.00, 11 10, 11.40 a. m.; 12.03, 1.23, 2.20, 2.3( 
3.15, 3.33, 4.08, 4.18, 4.45, 5.08, 5.33, 6.10, 7.00, 7.2( 
8.20, 9.00, 9 45, p. m. 

Cars marked * run to Grove Street. 

South End. 

Car Color, Red Plaid. Red andWhite Light. 

Leave Webster Square 6 15, 7.20, 10.25, 11.30 a. m 
then every 15 minutes till 5.00 p. m., then 5.30, the 
every 15 minutes till 7.45, then 8.15. 

Returning, leave Union Station 6.42, 7.50, 11.00 a. n 
12.15 p.,m., then every 15 minutes till 8.20, then 9.00. 

Leaves Union Station at 9.30 a. m. for Claremont S 
Returning, leave Claremont St. 9.40 a. m. 

So. Worcester & Chadwick Square 

Color of Car, Red. Color of Light, White. 

Leave Auburn Square 6.00, 6.25, 7.00 a. m. and eve 
half hour until 8.30 p. m., then 9.20 and 10.00. 

Leave Chadwick Square 6.35, 7.45, 8.45, 9.45, 10.1 
10.45, 11.45, a. m. Then 12 15, 12.45, 1. 15. 2.15, 3.1 
4 15, 5.15, 6.15, 6.45. 7.15. 7.45,9.15, 9.50, 11.10 p. m. 

Sunday Time. — Leave South Worcester at 1 p. i 
and every 20 minutes till 9 p. m. 

Leave Chadwick Square at 1.40 p. m. and every 
minutes till 9.40 p. m. 

WEST SIDE. 

Color of Car, Blue. Color of Light, Blue. 

Cars leave Park Ave. for Union Depot and Lincc 
Square 6.20, 6.30, 7.00 a. m., and every 20 minutes t 
10.00 p. m., then 10.40 for Lincoln Square. 

Cars leave Fair Grounds for Union Depot and Lincc 
Square 6.20, 6.30, 7.00 a. m. and every 20 minutes t 
10.00 p.m. 6-30 a. m. car runs to Wire Mill. 

Cars leave Lincoln Square for Park Avenue and F: 
Grounds at 6.40 a. m., and every 20 minutes till 10. 
p. m., then 10.20 and 11.00 p. m. for Park Avenue. 

Cars leave Union Depot, 6.40 a. m., and every 20 m 
utes till 10.20 p. m. 

QUINSIGAMOND. 

Color of Car, Green Plaid. Color of Light, Green. 

Cars leave Market Street at 5.45, 6.20, 6.43 a. m. 

Leave Lincoln Square at 7.13 a. m. and every half he 
until 12.43 p. m., then every 20 minutes until *10.33 p. 

Returning leave Quinsigamond at 6.20 and half hou 
till 1.50 p. m., then every 20 minutes till 11.10 p. m. 
I. B. CHAPIN, SUPT. 

Nov. 1st, 1889. 



15 

chief *a_^eo:ltgs- teu THO-crs-A.iNriD i 

DR. THOMAS HARRISON PERKINS' 

(Of Oldtown, Maine), 

INDIAN BLOOD BITTERS. 

The Indian Doctors, of Oldtown, in the State of Maine, were noted all over New Eng- 
land for their wonderful skill in the treatment of disease. From earliest years the Indian 
child is taught the name and medicinal value of all the Herbs that grow in the field or are 
found on the rugged sides of the mountains, and the skill with which these medicinal 
virtues are extracted has been the marvel of regular practitioners. 

Amone the most noted of all the skillful Drctors of the Indian School was THOMAS 
HARRISON PERKINS, whose theory was simple but sure. He traced nearly all forms 
of disease to INDIGESTION. He argued that with Digestion perfect, good action of 
the LIVER, good BLOOD, good HEART CIRCULATION and GOOD HEALTH 
were the sure results. Rending every energy and all his skill to the production of the 
BEST BITTERS ON EARTH for the regulation of the Stomach, he succeeded so mar- 
vellously that no case of failure has ever been known where instructions have been faith- 
fully carried out. 

Indigestion, Liver Complaint, Headache, Drowsiness, 
Blood Humors, Skin Diseases, 

all yield to the faithful use of the PERKINS' INDIAN BLOOD PURIFIER. So 
sure are the proprietors of the perfect success of this medicine that they have put up a 
large size TRIAL BOTTLE, for which they charge ONLY 25 CKNTS. LARGE 
BOTTLE, $1.00. We never yet sold a trial bottle at 25 cents but that the buyer returned 
for a larger bottle or half a dozen. Go to any first-class Drug Store and get the Best 
Blood Bitters ever produced, or send direct to F. H. PERKINS, Proprietor, Shrewsbury, 
Mass. 

PERKINS' INDIAN PAIN CURE. A Most Valuable Remedy. 

In the rough lite of the North American Indian, Sprains and Bruises are of daily 
occurrence. Dr. Perkins discovered the most wonderful remedy for the complete mas- 
tery of all Aches and Pains ever known before his day. 

Perkins' Indian Pain Cure will destroy Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Pain in 
the Stomach, Back, Limbs, Bowels, Cholera, Cramps, Colds, Tooth- 
ache, Earache, etc., etc. Trial Bottle, 15 cents. Large Sizes, 35 
cents and $1.00. 

DIRECTIONS FOR USING THE PAIN CURE FOR HORSES. 

For Horse-Ail, it is the best known remedy. Give a teaspoonful in the morning, in 
cut feed, and at night the same quantity in half pint of warm water. When the throat is 
swollen, bathe with cold water; afterwards apply the Pain Cure freely, and cover the 
throat during the night with several thicknesses of cloth — flannel is preferable. Obstinate 
cases are often permanently cured in two or three days. 

For Rheumatism, give a tablespoonful in two gills of hot water, twice a day, and apply 
the Pain Cure externally to the part affected, rubbing briskly for ten minutes. 

In Colic, or any internal pains, give two teispoonfuls in a pint of hot water, sweet- 
ened; and continued at intervals of one hour until relief is obtained. 

In Water Colic, treat the same as for wind colic, and in addition, bathe across the 
loins with hot water, for five minutes with sponge, then apply the Pain Cure vigorously for 
ten minutes, after which lay a blanket over the parts. N. B. In such cases it is invaluable. 

For a Cough or Cold, give a teaspoonfnl twice a day in cut feed. 

For Inflammation or Congestion of the Lungs, give two tablespoonfuls in a 
pint of hot water, sweetened. Rub the ears, and legs below the knees briskly for fifteen 
minutes, applv the Pain Cure freely ; cover the head and body with blankets. Repeat this 
course in an hour, which is usually sufficient; but if necessary it may be continued at in- 
tervals of four hours. 

PERKINS' INDIAN BLOOD BITTERS will cure you of all we claim. IT IS 
the Best Blood Purifier in the world. IT IS the Best Stomach Medicine known. IT 
WILL give New Life to your Organs of Digestion. 

PERKINS' INDIAN PAIN CURE is simply invaluable. FAR AHEAD OF 
ALL PLASTERS, because it reaches the seat of trouble at once and removes the cause. 
Try one bottle — that will convince you. 

«3- If you wish to be richly rewarded try PERKINS' HOUSEHOLD COUGH 
SYRUP. It will cure your cough or cold. Large Bottles, 25 cents. 

FOR SALE BY DRUGGISTS AND GROCERS EVERYWHERE. 

*"" Large 1 (Pint) Bottles ;Sent by Express (Prepaid) on Receipt of Price, $1.00. 

F~H. PERKINS, Proprietor, - SHREWSBURY, MASS. 



JUN 13 1907 



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